Hugh Panaro

#1

Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 11:10am

I think Hugh Panaro is an incredible actor and because he keeps doing replacemnets he hasn't been nominated for a Tony. what's up with that, he deserves one. I saw him in both Phantom of the Opera and Sweeney Todd and thought that he is sorta overlooked.

Anyone agree or disagree?

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#2

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 11:11am

Besides how talented he is, he is extremely nice to look at.

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#3

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 11:14am

I like him very much. Best Phantom I have ever seen. He was in Side Show, though.

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#4

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 11:14am

I thought he made a great Gaylord in 'Showboat' - beautiful voice. I didn't know he'd done 'Sweeney Todd'. He played Anthony, I presume? When/where?

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#5

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 11:45am

The most amazing Phantom ever. Was he nominated for SideShow? Honestly, I don't remember much about that year.

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#6

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 12:18pm

At Music Theater of Wichita, they've asked him to play the Phantom in "Phantom" (not the ALW version).

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#7

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 12:52pm

I agree- Hugh is such an amazing actor!

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#8

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:10pm

He has a nice ass

Er.... and was once married to a friend of mine....

I never saw him in POTO or Side Show, but at Stars in the Alley -- damn the set of pipes on him!

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#9

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:31pm

He made a fine Anthony at the Kennedy Center Celebration's Sweeney production in 2002. What a fantastic cast that was too, between Hugh's Anthony, Brian Stokes Mitchell's Sweeney, Baranski's Lovett, Mark Price's Tobias, and of course the wonderful Celia Keenan Bolger as Johanna and Walter Charles as Judge Turpin!

Vocally, Hugh was more than up for the role. The sideburns were maybe a bit ridiculous, but that's hardly his decision.

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#10

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:33pm

CJR - do you know that from first hand experience?

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#11

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:35pm

Next to crawford he was the best Phantom (I have seen 4 differnt ones) and The Sweeney Todd cast was incredible. He needs to either star in a revival or do a new show cuz he needs a Tony.

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<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado

#12

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:36pm

What? that he has a nice ass? Haha Im just making a statement from watching him walk away.

Now ooooother broadway people..... well I know from personal experience that they have GREAT asses

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#13

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:38pm

Nice!

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#14

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:02pm

Oooooooh yeah!

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#15

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:03pm

He is a fantastic looking man, although I was sorry to hear that he was or had been married. LOL, how sad!

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#16

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:06pm

He was married, now since divorced

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#17

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:52pm

Did you see him in the movie Broadway Damage?

#18

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:54pm

No, didn't see Broadway Damage

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The truly beautiful should be lawfully restricted from wearing clothing; and the truly butt-ugly should be lawfully mandated from going naked.

#19

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:56pm

Broadway Damage is pretty boring and I thought he liked boys? hummmm

#20

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:58pm

Just because he was married doesn't mean he doesn't like boys.

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#21

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:59pm

I love Hugh! He was the first Phantom I've ever seen live (not counting Michael Crawford on the OBCR and Gerard Butler on the movie). And he was AMAZING! He had such a powerful, passionate voice and made me cry during the finale. And of course, he is pretty hot

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#22

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 3:00pm

The other long running Phantom was married and then came out.

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The truly beautiful should be lawfully restricted from wearing clothing; and the truly butt-ugly should be lawfully mandated from going naked.

#23

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 3:01pm

Well, I know that of course baddadnpa. :) Yeah, talented and quite yummy.

P.S. Love Danny Gerwin!

#24

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 3:02pm

I love Danny too. Saw LW, but he wears so many clothes in that one. LOL

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The truly beautiful should be lawfully restricted from wearing clothing; and the truly butt-ugly should be lawfully mandated from going naked.

#25

re: Hugh Panaro

Posted: 3/17/05 at 3:03pm

Saw him as MYB in Ragtime. He wore too many clothes in that one too....but not at the closing party! :)